Society Mask

CultureLega peoples
Titles
  • Society Mask
Date1850–1950
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
MediumWood with traces of kaolin
Dimensionswhole: 6 3/4 inches high

Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1475
Not on view

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Department
African Art
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Sculpture of Black Africa: The Gus Nicholson Collection," Rice Museum, Rice University, Houston, December 12, 1980 - February 22, 1981 [1].
[1] Exhibition check list, no. 93 (on file).

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